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6 Tips for Beginning a Yoga Asana Practice
6 Tips for Beginning a Yoga Asana Practice One of the main reasons I am so passionate about sharing yoga with others is that the practice has been a foundational part of my health, wellbeing and ability to cope with life challenges ever since I began a regular practice over a decade ago. Practiced with…
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How to Make Ghee aka ‘Liquid Sunshine’
How to Make Ghee aka ‘Liquid Sunshine’ Ghee, or clarified butter, is an Ayurvedic staple used not only in cooking but also externally and in many different kinds of Ayurvedic treatments. It is said that when we consume ghee we are consuming the radiant power of the sun that the cow has preciously transformed for…
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How Yoga Nidra Changed My Life
Yoga Nidra: How to Sleep Without Sleeping Have you ever had a bad night of sleep and felt like you could barely make it through the next day? Or woken up in the early morning hours, tossing and turning, stressed as the minutes tick by without rest? Or just felt chronically underrested, like you’re always…
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Balancing the Elements Within
Balancing the Elements Within Ayurveda teaches us that we are made up of the same elements as all of nature—earth, water, fire, air, and space (sometimes called ether). We are each born with a particular balance of these elements, which makes up our natural constitution. At the moment of conception, we are in perfect balance.…
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The Art of Chewing
The Art of Chewing Ayurveda teaches us that our digestive fire—our agni—supports both the way we digest our food and the way we digest life. You may understand this through the ‘gut-brain’ connection or just through the embodied knowing that when you are feeling peaceful in your life you are better able to enjoy and…
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Embodying the Peaceful Warrior
Embodying the Peaceful Warrior With the intensity of violence and suffering happening in the world right now, I’ve been reflecting on what it means to embody the energy of the peaceful warrior. To use one’s energy to stand for peace and for love, especially in the face of the darkest hurts. The first and most…
“Embrace all, reject none.”
– Kim Krans